In borders you can use a non-selective herbicide but make sure you don’t get any on your other plants. A non-residual, non-selective herbicide for weed control prior to planting crops and pasture, prior to Show more Nail 600EC.

They are selective herbicides and will target broad-leaved weeds like creeping buttercup without harming the grass itself. It prefers heavy wet soils that often suffer from prolonged wetness and water logging. One plant can colonize so rapidly that it covers more than 40 square feet in a year. It is an easy weed to recognise with its lovely golden yellow flowers that can add an array of colour if the infestation is widespread. If creeping buttercup (Ranunculus repens) finds its way into your gardens, you’ve got trouble with a capital T The yellow petals may look pretty, but creeping buttercup is one of the most aggressive invasive plants in North America.

You may eventually need to resort to chemical controls. Creeping buttercup is perennial weed and the most common of the buttercups found in turf. Leave any behind and you run the risk of them growing back. Use a hand fork to lift up the roots and pull it carefully from the ground, making sure you remove every scrap of the stems and roots. Weed Controlįor both exposed soil and lawns, the first approach to controlling creeping buttercup should be removing it by hand. The classic glossy-yellow flowers of creeping buttercup are not unattractive from May to September.Ĭreeping Buttercup is the common buttercup found in grassland, damp places, along woodland and field edges, and in parks and gardens. It flowers mainly between May and August and long, rooting runners help it to spread across lawns. Pale patches on the leaves distinguish creeping buttercup from similar looking plants such as hardy geraniums. Leaves are dark green with light patches and are divided into three toothed leaflets, the central leaflet on a stalk Creeping buttercup can be distinguished from the other buttercups by the spreading way it grows with runners. Much of Taranaki and parts of several other dairying regions including Takaka suffer heavy infestations that crowd out grasses and clovers and reduce milk yields. However, glyphosate is non-selective, so be careful to not spray flowers or plants that you do not want to kill. An overgrown cousin of the better known creeping buttercup, Giant Buttercup is unpalatable to cattle and spreads rapidly to dominate pastures in favourable conditions. Although you might not see it flower in regularly mown lawns, you can identify creeping buttercup easily enough by its three-lobed serrated leaves. Most weed killers, especially those made with glyphosate (like the Compare-N-Save Concentrate Grass & Weed Killer) will be effective at controlling creeping buttercup. Creeping buttercup prefers damp conditions but will grow nearly anywhere in the garden, from beds and borders to lawns without much of a care. Its instantly recognisable glossy yellow flowers appear from May to September. Creeping buttercup is a common perennial weed with low-lying foliage that forms mats. University of Tennessee research indicates that 2,4-D ester applied pre-bloom will adequately control hairy buttercup.

Controlling creeping buttercup